Tickets Available for “The Emigrants”
Tickets are now on sale for the Norwegian touring production of “The Emigrants” on Thursday, August 7 and Friday, August 8, 7:30 p.m. at Hillcrest Lutheran Academy’s Student Activities Center. Tickets are $20 for people 12 and above, $15 for children under 12.
Based on the novel “The Emigrants” by Norwegian author Johan Bojer, the play dramatizes the lives of 19th century Norwegians who left their homes in hope of a better life in America. Leaving behind tiny, rocky plots in Norway, emigrants found the vast acreage of fertile land of our prairie region almost too good to be true. Yet many had a hard time adjusting to the flat landscape, heat, cold and loneliness of the frontier.
On stage will be professional and amateur actors and musicians from the Trondheim, Rissa and Lensvik areas of Norway. Adapted and directed by Nora Evenson with music by Knut Anders Vestad, the American tour includes performances in Fargo, Fergus Falls and Minneapolis.
General admission seating is limited so get your tickets soon. Tickets can be purchased online at www.otchs.org/theemigrants.html or at the Otter Tail County Historical Museum in Fergus Falls. Proceeds benefit the Historical Society. For more information call 218-736-6038.
